Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That!
Chapter 171

Zhang Yu's Heartache (Thanks Tian Ze Lu for the Silver

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According to the explanation and standards of the Orthodox God, a so-called ten-star difficulty Cultivation Method is one that an ordinary high school student would need three years to Cultivation Method.

Nine-star takes two years, eight-star takes one year, and seven-star takes about six months...

Upon hearing this introduction, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "Given this level of difficulty, if I were to master it within two hours, I'd be quite confident with a five-star difficulty level. A six-star level would be risky, and as for seven stars and above... aside from Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao, I doubt many people here would dare to choose that."

In Dai Xingzhi's view, risking failing to master Martial Arts and ultimately scoring 0 points in this round just to get a few more points was simply not worth it.

On the other side.

Zhang Yu didn't care about the difficulty of the explanation; he was looking at the rows of Cultivation Method appearing on the Light Screen, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Demonic Parasitic Art, Buzhou Mountain Moving Scripture, Heart Origin Great Handprint..."

Although the Cultivation Method provided by the Orthodox God in this exam could not possibly be all the Qi Refining Period Cultivation Method of Kunxu, they were already dazzling enough for Zhang Yu.

"So many Cultivation Method? Can I choose them all?"

At this moment, Zhang Yu's eyes revealed an extremely excited look. After all, with his extraordinary potential, assisting Feather Scroll in mastering any Cultivation Method would be a piece of cake.

Meanwhile, the Orthodox God on the other side continued to explain the rules. Deng Bingding said, "... Different levels of Cultivation Method naturally have different difficulty coefficients."

"The final score for this level will be calculated based on the difficulty level and the time it took you to Cultivation Method."

"Alright, you now have 10 minutes to choose your Cultivation Method."

"Once Cultivation Method is chosen, it can never be changed."

"If you haven't completed the selection of Cultivation Method within ten minutes, it will be considered a forfeit, and this round will be scored as 0 points."

"As for the weapons, materials, medicines, and other supplies needed to practice each Cultivation Method, they will all be provided on-site and distributed to you after you have selected your chosen Cultivation Method."

"Finally, remember not to choose Cultivation Method you've already learned, otherwise it will be treated as cheating."

As the rules of this final Martial Dao Exam were gradually explained, the 10-minute timer began, and the students were able to operate the Light Screen in front of them to select their Cultivation Method.

The students on the scene were seen swiping their fingers across the Light Screen in front of them, their eyes scanning back and forth between the various Cultivation Method as they clicked, and hesitation occasionally showing on their faces.

As Zhang Yu looked at the list of Cultivation Method, he thought, "If I want to get a high score, I should choose the most difficult Cultivation Method."

In the list of Cultivation Method, each Cultivation Method was rated with a star rating by the Orthodox God according to its difficulty.

Zhang Yu selected the highest-level (ten-star) Cultivation Method, which appeared as follows: Myriad Phenomena Palm, Blood Dispersing Demon Slaughtering Great Art, Demonic Disintegration Great Art, Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art Hundred Transformations Illusory Heart Secret...

"Ten-star difficulty only means that these Cultivation Method are the most difficult to master, but they are not necessarily the most powerful Cultivation Method, let alone the Cultivation Method that I need the most or that are most suitable for me."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu recalled the process of the Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam and the purpose of today's exam.

"The Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam consists of three rounds, and the round I'm taking today... is the first round in August."

"There's a second round of exams in October, and a third round in January next year."

"In today's first round of testing, as long as your total score in magic power, physical strength, and Martial Dao ranks in the top twenty, you will not be eliminated and will qualify for the second round of testing."

Zhang Yu calculated his ranking in the magic power and physical strength tests, and knew that as long as he ranked in the top 20 in the third test, he was unlikely to be eliminated.

"Therefore... rather than choosing the most difficult Cultivation Method to get a high score..."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Perhaps I should take this opportunity to learn a powerful Cultivation Method that is most suitable for me for free."

"Firstly, it won't affect my ability to pass today's exam."

"Secondly, this will be more helpful for my future development."

Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the various Cultivation Method priced at hundreds of thousands or even millions, and he felt his mouth watering.

Although they are all Expert Level Cultivation Method, there are differences between Expert Level Expert Level, which can be seen from the price of each Expert-level Cultivation Method.

Expert-level Cultivation Method costing seven or eight hundred thousand or even millions are things Zhang Yu wouldn't even dare to dream of normally.

With so much money, he'd definitely use it first to buy pills, apply medicine, rent Spirit Vein, and ascend to the Spirit Realm...

Now, however, he has the opportunity to cultivate such an expensive Cultivation Method for free.

With this in mind, Zhang Yu made up his mind. "I want to choose the most suitable and strongest Cultivation Method for me."

The most suitable one isn't hard to find.

"Just after my Physical Strength broke through to level 8 or above, my Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi gradually started to become less efficient."

With that in mind, Zhang Yu directly chose Body Tempering martial arts as the type of Cultivation Method, and then selected the Late-Stage Qi Refining.

As for which of these Body Tempering martial arts is the strongest?

Zhang Yu directly clicked to sort by price.

"Kunxu is full of traps; the tricks to deceive people and exploit them are endless."

"But one thing is absolutely certain: these companies would never list a Body Tempering martial art that they consider very powerful... at a low price."

"The concept of 'good quality at a low price' simply doesn't exist."

"On the contrary, the most expensive Cultivation Method are bound to be powerful."

As the sorting was completed, the Body Tempering martial arts that appeared before Zhang Yu, from highest to lowest, were: Boundless Spring Autumn Zen 1.55 million), Titanium Body Refinement Essential Skill (1.54 million), and Great Heavenly Dragon Divine Power 1.52 million).

Although these three Cultivation Method are all at the eight-star difficulty level, not the highest ten-star difficulty level, they are the Cultivation Method that Zhang Yu truly needs.

Especially after glancing at the descriptions of these three most expensive Cultivation Method, Zhang Yu felt a pang of heartache.

"These three Cultivation Method... am I really going to give up two of them?"

Then he became incredibly hesitant.

"The Boundless Spring Autumn Zen can strengthen the physical body while simultaneously cleansing the tendons and marrow, strengthening the internal organs, truly transforming the constitution, enhancing the body's vitality, expelling various impurities such as erysipelas and drug toxins, and improving the effectiveness of medication..."

"Practicing this Cultivation Method allows one to consume medicine and receive acupuncture at will. It's a true holy technique for body Body Tempering, enhancing a cultivator's Immortal Dao Potential." But looking at the Titanium Body Refinement Essential Skill beside him, Zhang Yu also felt a surge of longing. "Cultivation Method created by a Steel Factory who, after falling into a steel furnace, desperately struggled to survive."

"It can melt various alloys into the body, combining with flesh, bones, and even internal organs, greatly enhancing the body's resistance to impact and its physical strength."

"Especially the higher the quality of the alloy used, the stronger the body will be. It is said that the company guarantees to update the training materials every year, so even after reaching Level 10, you will be stronger year by year."

Zhang Yu scoffed at the claim that a worker had fallen into a steel furnace, deeming it a gimmick fabricated by the company to promote their Cultivation Method technique.

Rather than a trivial story about a worker accidentally falling into a steel furnace, Zhang Yu preferred to believe that this Cultivation Method was created after countless experimenters had been burned or crushed to death in a laboratory.

But the strength of this Cultivation Method is beyond doubt.

But Zhang Yu couldn't help but glance at the Great Heavenly Dragon Divine Power beside him.

"Refining Dragon Blood and transforming the body into a half-dragon, half-human form can significantly increase muscle strength and physical resilience, while also enhancing recovery ability, energy, stamina, drug tolerance, metabolism, digestion, and many other abilities."

"If one persists in refining Dragon Blood every day, there is even the potential to continue growing, lifespan extended, and the ability to acquire some dragon-like abilities."

"Hmm... However, there are also side effects. One's personality will be influenced by the dragon's nature. For example, dragons are inherently lewd, and as the Dragon Blood is continuously refined, the cultivator's aesthetic sense will change, and their hobbies will become more and more diverse."

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"Ideally, after mastering the skills, one can continue to refine them by undergoing sterilization surgery."

But these minor side effects are nothing to Zhang Yu now.

He would be willing to undergo minor surgery if he could learn this Cultivation Method for free.

As the 10-minute Cultivation Method passed, Zhang Yu looked at the three Cultivation Method before him and felt immense hesitation and difficulty.

"I want them both."

"Sigh, this is such a difficult choice."

Compared to Zhang Yu's difficult situation, Ye Lingxiao on the other side appeared very decisive.

As the inheritor of the Perfect Bloodline of the Immortal Capital Ye Clan clan, Ye Lingxiao possesses a highly developed nervous system far exceeding that of ordinary high school students. He has an innate and terrifying control over his muscles, internal organs, and even magical power.

This talent was fully unleashed when he entered high school, allowing him to learn any Cultivation Method at a glance and master it quickly.

It can be said that since entering high school, the number of Cultivation Method he has practiced has far exceeded the imagination of ordinary students. Even his classmates, teachers, and personal trainers have no idea how many Cultivation Method he has learned.

At this moment, in Ye Lingxiao's eyes, many of these rows of Cultivation Method were ones he had already learned.

He had some knowledge of most of the things he hadn't learned yet, and knew roughly what direction they were going in.

However, he wouldn't risk choosing a Cultivation Method he had already practiced for this exam.

On the one hand, he himself disdained to do such a thing; on the other hand, every Cultivation Method he practiced was an authentic Cultivation Method for which he had purchased the right to use it.

As a genuine user, the Orthodox God present could easily find out what Cultivation Method he had practiced.

So Ye Lingxiao selected cultivation Cultivation Method level of ten stars, and then randomly chose one that he had never practiced before and that he didn't Cultivation Method.

Ye Lingxiao thought to himself, "I'll take this Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art."

On the other side, Yun Jing's approach was even simpler. Unlike Ye Lingxiao, who had cultivated numerous Cultivation Method, he simply sorted them by difficulty from highest to lowest and chose the Myriad Phenomena Palm, which was ranked first.

Yu Xinghan, on the other hand, thought about it for a moment.

Spark True Person had already planned and arranged for his cultivation and selection of each Cultivation Method during the Qi Refining Stage.

Judging from the rankings of the first two exams, he doesn't feel much pressure in this one, so he doesn't need to find the most difficult Cultivation Method to practice.

"There's no need to choose Cultivation Method outside of Master's plan; that would only waste my extra time and energy."

After all, Spark True Person's arrangements for Yu Xinghan were already very tight, and he simply didn't have any extra time to cultivate additional Cultivation Method.

"We still have to choose the Cultivation Method from the planned schedule."

"That way, if Li Xuelian transfers money to me to buy Cultivation Method next time..."

The thought that he could learn a Cultivation Method Cultivation Method for free today and then get a fee from Li Xuelian for it next time filled Yu Xinghan with joy.

"Then of course we'll choose the most expensive one in the plan..."

Yu Xinghan's gaze lingered on the Heavenly Gang Qi Skill, a skill with a difficulty level of seven and a value of 900,000.

"Even if I wanted to master the Heavenly Gang Qi Skill, a seven-star difficulty level, it would be difficult for me to do so in two hours."

"And..."

Looking at the eight large characters in the description of the Cultivation Method, "To practice this technique, one must wield the sword to reverse life," Yu Xinghan felt a chill run down his spine.

He had just consulted Orthodox God examiner, who said that Heavenly Gang Qi Skill requires the integrity of the body. Therefore, if he chose this Cultivation Method, the examiner would respectfully request the divine Divine Power of the Ministry of Health to restore the physical defects caused by his sterilization surgery.

"Therefore, those who practice Heavenly Gang Qi Skill will face the influence of their Dao Heart and the physical and mental changes brought about by various hormonal fluctuations, which will greatly hinder their cultivation."

This kind of change, which hinders one's own cultivation, is practically poison to Yu Xinghan, who is determined to make great strides on the path of Immortal Dao.

"No wonder Master arranged for me to practice Heavenly Gang Qi Skill in my second or even third year of high school."

"So, cultivating this Cultivation Method requires such a high price?"

Yu Xinghan gritted his teeth, thinking to himself, "Fortune favors the bold. If I don't even dare to take the risk for 900,000, how can I strive to climb the path to Immortal Dao in the future?"

"Let's give it our all!"

The remaining students, such as Dai Xingzhi and Meng Tao, mostly chose Immortal Capital High School Cultivation Method of five or six-star difficulty.

This is all for the sake of being safe, because if the chosen Cultivation Method is too difficult and cannot be mastered within two hours, it will be counted as zero points.

(End of this chapter)

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